From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright question Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:35:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <82BFC2C8-9E38-491F-863D-1C420AB13882@uva.nl> <19e566510806121351m3f6daedesc50381af2f92b150@mail.gmail.com> <200806131055.15329.andreas.roehler@online.de> <20080613094454.GA2618@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213364320 22391 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 13:38:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:38:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andreas, Alan Mackenzie , Carsten Dominik , =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=F6hler?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 15:39:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K79Up-00030I-DY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:39:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40751 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K79U1-0000js-Dr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K79Tv-0000f4-4v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K79Tt-0000cJ-Ef for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55558 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K79Tt-0000c7-AQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38:17 -0400 Original-Received: from bc.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.184]:44850 helo=tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K79To-0001o9-GR; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from toip3.srvr.bell.ca ([209.226.175.86]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20080613133811.RBZX1527.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@toip3.srvr.bell.ca>; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:38:11 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAOUUUkhBXrX2/2dsb2JhbACBW6w7 Original-Received: from bas1-montreal02-1096726006.dsl.bell.ca (HELO ceviche.home) ([65.94.181.246]) by toip3.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 13 Jun 2008 09:35:14 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E27A1B4087; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:35:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:36:40 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:99093 Archived-At: > AFAIK, "Maintainer: FSF" is just used when there isn't a clear > individual maintainer. Lots of source files seem to have a non-FSF > maintainer line anyway... Indeed. I'd be very happy to reduce the number of "Maintainer: FSF" lines ;-) As it stands, this number is growing for 2 reasons: 1 - the size of Emacs is increasing. 2 - maintainers don't last forever. When they defect, the package stays, but often, no other maintainer steps forward. Stefan